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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10234076, member: 36"]Not bakelite. Bakelite will turn the swab yellow-brown or brown, and if you do it next to your nose it ill stink to high heaven. I just bought some beads that looked like cherry "prystal" bakelite, but felt far too light. Not real amber though; the cotton swab test was yellow brown and stank of formaldehyde. Bakelite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10234076, member: 36"]Not bakelite. Bakelite will turn the swab yellow-brown or brown, and if you do it next to your nose it ill stink to high heaven. I just bought some beads that looked like cherry "prystal" bakelite, but felt far too light. Not real amber though; the cotton swab test was yellow brown and stank of formaldehyde. Bakelite.[/QUOTE]
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